Cylinder Seal with a Worshipper, a Sacred Tree, and an Inscription
On this seal, a figure stands before a sacred tree in a scene of reverence. The barrel shape and the use of agate, an exotic material, indicate that this piece was probably imported as a bead from outside Mesopotamia and later carved into a seal. It attests to the growing trad...
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16794
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
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en
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7
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.655 |
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